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Rarestewed
The correct spelling is stewed.
How to pronounce stewed
verb
IPA: /stuːd/
Say it like: Ste-wed
The correct spelling is stewed. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering. For example: "I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole."
Usage Examples
“I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- 2.To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- 3.To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- 4.To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
adjective
- 1.Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering. See stew.
- 2.Intoxicated by an excess of alcohol.
- 3.(Of tea) Bitter from having been steeped too long.
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